Baiji oil refinery
Baiji oil refinery, 2008
CountryIraq
CityBaiji
Refinery details
Capacity310,000[1] bbl/d (49,000 m3/d)

The Baiji oil refinery is the largest oil refinery in Iraq and produces a third of the country's oil output.[2][3] The refinery is 130 miles north of Baghdad, about halfway between Baghdad and Mosul, near the city of Baiji.[4] In 2008, 500 tanker trucks filled with fuel used to leave the refinery per day.[5] It was a target of intense fighting between the Islamic State and the Iraqi government in 2014 and 2015.

Capture by ISIS

The refinery was captured for the first time on 24 June 2014 after 10 days of seizure.[6] The refinery was taken back by Iraqi forces and Shia militias, known as popular mobilization forces, fighting alongside them on 16 October 2015, after it had changed hands repeatedly. It had received so much damage that it would take years to have it operational.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gordon, Michael R. (16 October 2015). "Iraqi Forces and Shiite Militias Retake Oil Refinery From ISIS". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Staff writers (15 October 2015). "Iraqi forces and militia seize most of Baiji refinery: officials". Reuters. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Staff. "ISIL fighters set Iraq's Beiji oil refinery ablaze". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Nordland, Rod; Al-salhy, Suadad (18 June 2014). "Extremists Attack Iraq's Biggest Oil Refinery". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Oppel, Richard A. Jr. (16 March 2008). "Iraq's Insurgency Runs on Stolen Oil Profits". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Staff writers. "Isis rebels 'capture' Baiji Iraq oil refinery". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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